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Title
Date(s)
- 1965 - 1974 (Creation)
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Series
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No. of Boxes: 21
Context area
Name of creator
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
UNROD/UNROB (United Nations Relief Operations in Dacca/United Nations Relief Operations in Bangladesh)
Series consists of correspondence, memoranda, incoming and outgoing cables, handwritten documents, notorized documents, drafts of correspondence, draft cables, draft reports, draft job descriptions, statements, agreements, indexes, appendices, amendments, annexes, daily reports, weekly reports, survey reports, reports, minutes of meetings, agendas, conference minutes, notes, summary notes, summaries of conclusions, backround histories, press clippings, press releases, article reprints, solicitations for bids, proposals, specifications, boat charter insurance papers, purchase orders, invoices, receipts, vouchers, debit notes, cart tickets, tally sheets, programs, plans, schedules, worksheets, chronologies, tables, logs, charts, maps, graphs, photographs, blue prints, audio tapes, routing slips, and business cards. Subjects include but are not limited to the following: clearance and salvage operations; vessels; Pussur River; Chalna Port; Chittagong Port; Rotterdam Conference; East Pakistan Cyclone Relief; bridge reconstruction; works projects; natural resources; irrigation; housing; population planning; food imports; food deliveries; food storage management; telecommunications; voluntary agencies; and legal issues. Correspondents include Kurt Waldheim, UN Secretary-General; Victor H. Umbricht, Under Secretary-General, UNROD, Chief of Mission, UNROD, Dacca; Margaret J. Anstee, Deputy of Under-Secretary-General in Charge of UNROB; Toni Hagen, Chief of Mission, UNROB; Nicholas Beredjick, Deputy Direcor UNROB; Pierre L. Sales, Director, UNROD; George Lansky, Chief, Field Operating Services, Office of General Services; and Alice Weil, Senior Legal Officer, Office of Legal Affairs, UN.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.